United States America(20 marks)

1)How does it take to travel a plane from HK to United States?
To West Coast (Los Angeles, San Francisco) - about 11-12 hours. To East Coast (New York, Boston) - about 15-16 hours.

2)If HK is 00:00 in 1/1/2008, what is the time in Unites States?
It's going to be Winter day light saving time. West Coast will be December 31 @8am (16 hours behind), East Coast will be Dec 31@11am (13 hours behind).



3)What is IL in U.S.?(Look like illoi??something like that)
IL = Illinois (伊利諾州) is a mid-western state in the North central of United States of America.

4)If I send a letter to Unites States(IL),How much does it cost?When can the people inU.S get it?
The postal fee is dependant on the size and weight of your letter. Please check it out with your local post office. It takes about 1 week if the letter is sent from Asia.



5)Which website has the clear map of U.S.A.?

圖片參考：http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/usa-maps/maps_of_world_usa_states_city.gif

http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/usa-state-and-capital-map.html

6)Which website has the nation song of U.S.A?
Nation anthem of USA: STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Oh! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

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On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream.
'Tis the star-spangled banner. Oh! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


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And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.


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Oh! thus be it ever when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation,
Blest with victory and peace, may the Heaven rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
To hear the song:
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461519364_761575047_-1_1/United_States_Flag_and_Anthem.html